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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The city administration of Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan will purchase 100 new electric buses jointly developed by Chinese and Kazakh vehicle makers, Xinhua reported with reference to local media.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The three-day conference on Digital Transformation in Central Asia concluded on October 6 in Naryn, Kyrgyzstan with some broad ranging recommendations. Organised by the University of Central Asia, State Committee for Information Technology and Communications, and the High Technology Park of the Kyrgyz Republic, with input from business experts, academics, technology professionals, and government officials, the conference identified technological trends facing Central Asia and recommended practical strategies. It is expected that the conference recommendations will underpin social and economic development strategies for the country and the region.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Eleven human rights groups have urged Belarus not to forcibly return an independent Tajik journalist and political opposition activist, Farhod Odinaev, to Tajikistan, where they say he “risks torture or other ill-treatment”.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan ranks eighth in the world in hydropower resources and renewable energy. The country also ranks sixth in the world in terms of production and consumption of ecologically clean energy, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon said in an interview to Al Jazeera Television Channel. The interview was recorded on September 9 after the commissioning of the second hydro unit of the Rogun Hydropower Plant in Tajikistan, Rahmon’s press service reported on October 4.
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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The civil aviation industry of Kazakhstan must compete with international carriers and develop its transit potential, Deputy Chairman of the Civil Aviation Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan Aibek Alzhanov said in an interview with PrimeMinister.kz. He spoke about how civil aviation is developing today and what measures will be taken in the near future.
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ALMATY, Kazakhstan (TCA) — An international business forum Jetisy Invest-2019 took place in Taldykorgan, Almaty region on October 4. The event was attended by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Ermek Kosherbayev, Akim (Governor) of Almaty Region Amandyk Batalov, Deputy CEO of KAZAKH INVEST national investment promotion company Birzhan Kaneshev as well as over 400 representatives of the diplomatic corps, financial organisations and international and local business circles from 7 countries, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported.
